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New Executive Order Fights Credential Inflation In The Federal Workforce" "On Friday, President Trump signed an executive order directing federal agencies to fill job vacancies based on merit, rather than require a minimum level of education for candidates seeking open positions. The order rightly recognizes that a job candidate with several years of relevant experience may be just as qualified, if not more so, than one who has collected a stack of advanced degrees." https://www.forbes.com/sites/prestoncooper2/2020/06/29/new-executive-order-fights-credential-inflation-in-the-federal-civil-service/#6a382a085759

Don’t know what to say to this somewhat bizarre lawsuit: https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2020/06/lawsuit-alleges-scientific-misconduct-us-nuclear-weapons-lab

Dealing With Life Transitions in an Ever-Changing COVID-19 World   By Jennifer Scott Nothing’s for certain when it comes to COVID-19, except for the fact that everyone is working through some sort of change right now. Whether that change is as small as giving themselves an at-home haircut or as big as graduating from high school, people are dealing with all sorts of life transitions during these unprecedented times. Let’s explore some of those changes, as well as a few helpful tips for adjusting to and sorting through them.  Trying to Sell a Home  The full influence of COVID-19 on the US housing market has yet to be seen. Still, real estate experts speculate that with fewer folks out searching for new homes due to pandemic-related restrictions and concerns about the virus, home prices may end up falling this year.  If you do want to sell your home during the pandemic, you can take extra precautions to give buyers peace of mind and hopefully sell befor...

Y-12 and Pantex M&O fired. UC-tied underperformers next?   Anonymous  said... Y-12 and Pantex M&O fired. UC-tied underperformers next? 6/23/2020 4:39 PM I think the poster is saying some group or subcontractor associated with managing Pantex and Y-12 is out for underperforming. I have heard nothing of it or know which groups they are. I also don't think UC had any involvement with either theses places. Maybe it is a different UC than the University of California.

Is the annual LLNS AAP worth a "hill of beans" in terms of actually addressing diversity employment disparities at LLNL? 6/19/2020 11:48 AM

ICF funding: https://www.laserfocusworld.com/lasers-sources/article/14175399/congress-boosts-inertialconfinement-fusion-budget-review-results-expected-by-end-of-fy20 Interesting that pulsed power ICF, which has shown no progress, gets a 30% increase, although the $ amount is small. Thankfully no $$ are being spent to build a new Z machine. This is probably a relief to SNL which has no need for that program. At least LLE Rochester wasn’t able to extort the government for more money. Their budget remains flat.

How are sites doing in the resumption of work now that COVID restrictions are being lifted and some states are seeing an increase as restrictions are being lifted?

After nearly 30 years of false promises regarding diversity, not much has changed at LLNL.  Lab careers of the outspoken, those that pushed the envelope as AEM Lab employees did in the 90s, endured careers that were systematically and forever harmed. https://drive.google.com/file/d/1j7terW7ySzlYcubcN2C57bIgaH8qw_7m/view?usp=drivesdk

As those before him since the 2007 transition, is LLNL Director Bill Goldstein simply a stooge for the for-profit LLNS LLC contractor? What has being the LLNS "President" meant thus far to LLNL employees besides unjustified mass layoffs and systemic benefit reductions?

"Advance opportunities are biased and many are given to those who can be manageable." Unfortunately true. So how many of our LANL and LLNL Diversity Managers are "Manageable"?

Bad for trump disastrous for the world! https://thebulletin.org/2020/06/why-a-us-nuclear-test-in-nevada-would-be-bad-for-the-world-and-trumps-reelection/

With race riots and and a depression level economy brought on by the coronavirus, how is the country going to continue increasing the NW complex by 20% every year? I see LinkedIn and Indeed.com postings for all sorts of jobs at the labs. I assume they will continue to increase their workforce by double-digits every year indefinitely. I harbor no ill will against the labs or NNSA, but the situation is strange.